Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.

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sionere. Bills were introduced: To pay GER
tain expenses of the Fargo Encampment; Gre
ating Mccormack County; authorizing the re-
funding of bonded Indebtedness; approprlas-
Ing sG25 for the relief of Montague; appro-..
pr.iating $2O,WN for current expenses OF
the Rapid City School of Mines; pro
! yiding for the distribution of the Supreme
Court report: providing for the amendment OF
articles of Incorporation; providing the man
Of public buildings; abolishing exemptions
| against board bills; amending the ditch and
drsin laws. The council passed the House
bill for funding county indebtedness; the
| council bill fixing the bill for legal printing;
| ing the PIankinton reform school. In the
! House there was present a memorial to Con-
| gress for the improvement Of the navigation OF
| fed river. Bills were presented ap-
5soppssi of s; aS !; ve.% 1en the Unis serdsS;
amending the method of the selection of re-
gents of universities; authorizing cities and
towns to collect taxes for municipal purposes;
| relating to the manner of letting contracts 1or
| county board; reducing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
to $500; regulating election assessors: pre-
venting the giving Of liquor to minors; aPpro-
priati.g $33,O 600 for current expenses of the
| Sioux Falls deaf mute school; limiting the
| time of bringing action for damages; to reg
ulate the duties of railroad corporations;
21IIOpIlANlIE VOS,NN" w VIZ AISAoSS
of the Grand Forks University; legaliZlng AS
| sessment rolls: taxing lands and town lots be-
longing to railroad companies; fixing the sal.
! aries OF Railroad Commissioner at 81 and
the Secretary at si,,io; approg,risting sso,ON
| appropriafing $SO.OW for the current expenses
OF Bismarck Penitentiary; relating to the Ter
ritorial militia. TIL House passed Council
bills for the protection of game, and relat-
ing to marriage. The House passed tho House
| l:Il .,l.<;,r tn syr,luipu flu rlu and hooks for
county officers: authorizing organized coun-
ties to issue bonds to build court-houses; TO
regulate telephones; providing for the COM
pllation. publication and distribution of the
general laws; relating to the establishment OF
free libraries. Adjourned.
GOV. CHURCH sent to the Council the follow
ing nominations Oh the list inst:
Directors Drookings University - George
Moorehouse, C. M. Durley, L. Z. Ially, J. D.
| Lawler.
Directors Grand Forks University. c.
Donovan, James Twombley, {. L. HieneL.
Directors Rapid City Schoo! of Mines-A. J.
Simmons, John X Brennan, Gustave Schrass,
r. 3. Hughes, G. v. Gardner.
Directors Spearfish Normal School-John
WaltZmutl, Albert Powers. J. II. Summers.
Directors jamestown lnsanc Hospitals.
K. McMinnis, Lewis Lyon, F. T.. Jones, Coun-
Gilman Galloway, l. F. MinZeshimer.
Sioux Falls penitentiary, r. J.. Runkel, John
j. Murray, Ihortor L. Peck, W.. II. Corson, ~.
+. Beebc.
The name of Frank Emerson was originally
sent, but withdrawn by the Governor Mt the
personal request of Councilman Grigsby and
peck's name substituted.
Vermillion University, D. NJ. Inman, II. L.
Hanson, H. H. Blair, J. N. Conhlin, J. c. Ryan.
Vice-President of the board of health, DIR.
F. A Spafford of Flandreau.
Superintendent of the board of health, DR..
Chas. +. King, of Mandan.
The Council passed the Hughes revenue bill
after considerable discussion and amendment:
also the House bill providing for the cancel
lation of insurance policies. In the Hous
bills were introduced relating to the time of
redemption of tax sale; dividing the Territory
into two Railroad Commissioner districts; APP
propriating 5000 to enlarge the Territorial
Library; authorizing municipal corporations
to lay out and vacate streets and alleys; re-
latlng to artesian wells; pertaining tc
contagious diseases among cattle and
sheep; requiring certain records of pro
bate proceedings; The House passed the
towns; a House bill providing for the location
of alleys in cities and towns; providing tina
lightning rods shall not be a lien: prohibiting
the traffic of obscene literature; the Madison
Normal school appropriation; an appropria.
ton OF $30,OO0f for the Agricultural college Al
Fargo. Gov. Church sent in q veto of the Law
renee County bill. Adjourned. A caucus o.
the House unanimously decided to mako Jan
uary l, 1883, the date when the new schedule
of salaries OF county officers takes effect
On the I'd inst the Council confirmed all O
the Governors nominations of the LIST, exccp
that of James Twombly, of Grand Forks Uni
versity, who was opposed by Councilman Col
Inns. TIL following additional nominations
were received from the Governor:
Sioux Falls Deaf Mute School-Walter W
Goddard. J. L. Giber, Frank S. Blackman
Charles H. Wynn. Charles G. Mckinney.
Yankton Insane Hospital-Frank Van Tassel
Powers, L. S. Williams.
Madison Normal School-D. D. Baldwin
George C.. Jones.
Bills were presented in the Council pertain
ing to the publication of summons; to pro
hibit dealing in options; permitting summar,
execution OF warrants; providing forthe regis
tration of births, marriages and deaths; relat
ing to the issuance of watered railroad stocks
to provide. o government agricultural colleg'
and experimental station. The Council passe'
metallurgical laboratory at the Rapid Cit,
School of Mines; relating to redistricting coun
ties into Commissioner Districts; provldin,
for q new school law. In the House bills wer'
introduced as follows: Substitutes by both TIL
majority aud minority of the judiciary Commit
tee relating to salaries Of certain county officers
providing for the regulation of passenger rate
over railroads in the Territory. The Hous
passed the Council bill for a memorial to Con
gress relating to the selection of school lands
also relating to the organization of civil town
ships. The House passed the House bill re
lating to the sale of liquor by druggists: dc
claring drunkenness q misdemeanor, and fix
ing the penalty at IS to $s5; relating to tn
manner of letting contracts by county boards
providing for the collection and compilatio
Of statistics; providing for a board of ciharitie
and corrections; amending exemptions fo
timber culture: prohibiting the PLAYING o
games of chance where liquors are sold: au
thorizing County Commissioners to loan see,
wheat to sufferers by drought, hail and win,
in 1886; relating to the duties of insane hospi
tai stewards; preventing the spread of con
ttaglous, diseases among domestic animals. AZ
journed.
On the 81 the Governor sent four yetoes t
the Council. three of which were sustained
The first was amending the act relating t
Grand Forks University. The objection wa
that the title did not sufficiently indicate til
contents. The bill passed over the veto-l
toa The second provided for the giving c
public institutions premiums on bonds of 1Ss:
The objection was that the premiums don't be
long to the institutions. but are based on I'll
good credit of the Territory. The bill wa
iost-?to2 The third was for the prevention
thespread of noxious weeds. The obiectio
was that the powers conferred might lead
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